Vehicle-wheel



Unirse STATES PATENT Garten.

CHARLES HAZOR SMITH, OF KNAPP, WISCONSIN.

VEHICLE-WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 262,990, dated August22, 1882,

' Application filed March 1,1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLEs HAZOR SMITH, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Knapp, in the county ot' Dunn and State of Wisconsin,have made certain new and useful Improvements in Wheels, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to the wheels of vehicles, but more particularlyto wheelbarrowwheels and it consists in the construction andcombinalionot parts hereinafter described and claimed. i Iattain theseobjects by the use of the mechanism illustrated by the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side view, and Fig. 2 is a sectionalfront elevation, of a wheelbarrow-wheel constructed according to myinvention. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional View, and Fig. 4 is a side view,of a portion of the hub detached and enlarged. v

Ais the tire, and B the felly, the latter formed in several parts, withtheir ends fitting squarely against each other, and with either straightor concave inner surfaces.

The hub consists of two parts, C D, the part C provided with astud, E,adapted to lit into a corresponding cavity, F, in a larger stud, G, onthe part D, each of the parts havinga steel stud or gudgeon, H' H2,'casttherein,as shown. The two parts C D are counectedto each other by boltsa, and by screwing up or loosening the nuts a' the parts maybe drawntoward or permitted to be moved away from each other.

K K2 are the spokes, arranged in pairs, as shown, each pair facing eachother, and with the upper ends oi' each pair meeting in a common mortisein the center of each of the fellies B, while their lower ends branchoutward at an angle and are stepped into sockets b in the stud G of thepart D and an enlargement, L, on the stud E oi' the part C. Small lugsor pins c, projecting from the/inside of the iianges of the parts C andD (see Figs. 3 and 4) pass between the spokes and aid in supportingthem. By this arrangement it will be very readily seen that bytightening up on the nuts a of the bolts a the parts C and D may bedrawn toward each other, and, carrying the spokes K' K? with them, willforce the fellies B outward against the tire A, and so firmly andsolidly hold the whole wheel together and the end of the stud E everstriking the bottom ot' the cavity. Hence room is always left fortightening the tire when the wheel becomes loose by simply turning thenuts a' up a turn or two, thus producing a wheel upon which anypersonma-y quickly and easily tighten the tire without removing it fromthewheel, removing the wheel from its frame, or the application ot'heat.

This form of wheel is intended more particularly for wheelbarrows, butmay be used for many other purposes. The spokes are simply straightpieces or"` wood without tenons or shoulders, and by this arrangementthefull strength ofthe wood is retained and not weakened by cutting anypart away. The pressure and strain upon the spokes are entirely endwise.The wheel is put together without heating the tire, and may be takenapart and put together again without skilled labor. W

The parts may be packed separately for shipment and put together againwhere the vehicle is to be used, thus saving a large expense forfreight, as the knocked-down7'whcels will occupy much less space thanthe same when .set up.77

By arranging the spokes in pairs, as shown, a much lighter spoke maybeused than if they were arranged alternately, as the spokes thus supporteach other.

What I claim as new is- 1. The within-'described hub, consisting ot' thepart (l, formed with stud E, sockets b, and l. dividing-spurs c, andprovided with steel gudgeon H', in combination with the part D, formedwith hollow stud Gr and provided with steel gudgeon H2, substantially asand for the pur pose specified.

2. The hub consisting ofthe parts C and D, constructed substantially asdescribed, and with means for drawing them toward each other, incombination with pairs of spokes K' K2, stepped by their lower ends inopposite positions in said parts C and D and radiating outward from thehub and inclining inward as they approach the i'ellies, and each pairending in a common mortise in each felly.

3. The combination ofthe hub, consisting of ends toward each other on aline parallel with the parts C D, having the gudgeons H H2; the axle ofthe wheel,` substantially as and for studs E Gr, sockets b,anddividing-spurs c, and the purpose set forth. bolts a, a', with thespokes K K2,fel1ies B, and In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 5tire A, substantially as set forth. my hand in the presence of twosubscribing I5 4. In a Wheel, the spokes arranged in oppo- Witnesses.site pairs, and with the outer ends of each CHARLES HAZOR SMITH. pair inContact with each other and adapted Witnesses: to fit into one commonmortise in the felly or ED. C. COLEMAN, ro fellies,and with means fordrawing theirinner OWEN GARDANIER.

